W.C. Fields Movie Trailers
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The Fatal Glass of Beer Trailer (1933)
03 March 1933
The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Trailer (1983)
25 February 1983
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Hooray for Hollywood Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.
That Royle Girl Trailer (1925)
07 December 1925
Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band.
Going Hollywood: The '30s Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
David Copperfield Trailer (1935)
18 January 1935
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Fools for Luck Trailer (1928)
11 June 1928
Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is re-discovered.
Poppy Trailer (1936)
17 June 1936
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender Trailer (1997)
01 November 1997
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
The Circus: Premiere Trailer (1928)
13 January 1928
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
Two Flaming Youths Trailer (1927)
17 December 1927
Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up hoping to take her for some money.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Trailer (1975)
06 August 1975
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
The Big Parade of Comedy Trailer (1964)
02 September 1964
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
The Potters Trailer (1927)
15 January 1927
Pa Potter invests four thousand dollars in worthless oil stock. Or is it worthless?
Her Majesty, Love Trailer (1931)
15 December 1931
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner.
So's Your Old Man Trailer (1926)
25 October 1926
Gregory La Cava directs this comedy of errors, starring W.C. Fields as a hen-pecked, inebriated inventor who triumphantly creates unbreakable windshield glass while struggling to gain the respect of his social-climbing daughter and nagging wife.
The Barber Shop Trailer (1933)
28 July 1933
An inept barber maintains his good-humored optimism in his small town shop despite having a hen-pecking harridan for a wife and a total lack of sartorial skill.
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action Trailer (1933)
23 June 1933
Bobby Jones is playing golf with his buddies, oblivious to the fact that they are being watched by a drunken juggler.
Running Wild Trailer (1927)
10 June 1927
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering.
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her Trailer (1994)
09 August 1994
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and television.
Too Many Highballs Trailer (1933)
10 February 1933
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in.
The Movie Orgy Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Trailer (1940)
31 July 1940
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
The Pharmacist Trailer (1933)
21 April 1933
A henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintain his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Trailer (1934)
28 October 1934
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr.
Alice in Wonderland Trailer (1933)
18 December 1933
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
Song of the Open Road Trailer (1944)
21 June 1944
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids.
Sensations of 1945 Trailer (1944)
30 June 1944
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her.
Tales of Manhattan Trailer (1942)
05 August 1942
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it.
The Golf Specialist Trailer (1930)
22 August 1930
At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults Trailer (1999)
20 July 1999
Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.
Tillie's Punctured Romance Trailer (1928)
03 March 1928
The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.
Man on the Flying Trapeze Trailer (1935)
03 August 1935
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
International House Trailer (1933)
27 May 1933
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro.
Sally of the Sawdust Trailer (1925)
01 August 1925
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies.
My Little Chickadee Trailer (1940)
09 February 1940
On her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold.
Show-Business at War Trailer (1943)
21 May 1943
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Follow the Boys Trailer (1944)
05 May 1944
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home.
If I Had a Million Trailer (1932)
18 November 1932
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Mississippi Trailer (1935)
22 March 1935
A young pacifist, after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
It's a Gift Trailer (1934)
30 November 1934
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove.
Million Dollar Legs Trailer (1932)
08 July 1932
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
That's Entertainment, Part II Trailer (1976)
16 May 1976
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Down Memory Lane Trailer (1949)
01 August 1949
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio.
The Dentist Trailer (1932)
09 December 1932
An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
It's the Old Army Game Trailer (1926)
10 July 1926
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Trailer (1939)
17 February 1939
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law.
The Bank Dick Trailer (1940)
29 November 1940
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard.
Tillie and Gus Trailer (1933)
13 October 1933
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 Trailer (1938)
11 February 1938
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
The Old-Fashioned Way Trailer (1934)
13 July 1934
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
The Hollywood Clowns Trailer (1979)
23 March 1979
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
Six of a Kind Trailer (1934)
09 February 1934
The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself arrested in Nevada.
Janice Meredith Trailer (1924)
08 December 1924
It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of General Washington.
Bob Hope's World of Comedy Trailer (1976)
29 October 1976
Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers.
Pool Sharks Trailer (1915)
19 September 1915
Two romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love. W.C. Field's debut film.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Trailer (1941)
10 October 1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios.
You're Telling Me! Trailer (1934)
06 April 1934
Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty.
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths.